Central African slender-snouted crocodile
species of crocodile
The Central African slender-snouted crocodile (Mecistops leptorhynchus) is one of two species of crocodiles in the genus Mecistops.
| Central African slender-snouted crocodile | |
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| Individual on a snake farm in Tanzania | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Crocodilia |
| Family: | Crocodylidae |
| Genus: | Mecistops |
| Species: | M. leptorhynchus
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| Mecistops leptorhynchus | |
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The Central African slender-snouted crocodile lives in Central Africa (Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, northern Angola, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo) and extends into South Sudan in East Africa.[2]
References change
- ↑ Bennett, Edward Turner (1835). "Character of a New Species of Crocodile (Crocodilus leptorhynchus)". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1835: 128–132.
- ↑ "Central African slender-snouted crocodile". Wikipedia.
